Vashawn — #11161 US boys' name
499 babies named Vashawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Vashawn was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Vashawn in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vashawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 499 babies named Vashawn between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vashawn currently holds the #11161 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Vashawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vashawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vashawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Vashawn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vashawn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 499 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vashawn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vashawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2000)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #11161 among boys.
499 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 19 births in a single year.
Vashawn popularity over time — girls
33 total births recorded since 1974 (Vashawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Vashawn accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vashawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 129 births that decade — 26% of Vashawn's all-time total
Vashawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Vashawn's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Vashawn by state
Where Vashawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.